One of labours most high profile left wIng politicians criticises Keir Starmer fOr treatIng her, In her wOrds, as a Non Person and accuses him of tryIng to get rid of her from the party. Welcome to newsnight, live each night with Insight and Interviews. Earlier, Sir Ed Davey gave his leaders address to the Liberal Democrat conference. Insight this evenIng from the woman who led the party befOre him, jo swInson. Welcome to you. And Labour Peer LOrd falconer is here too, as is nick. Hello. Hello. Welcome back from briahton. Our maIn Interview Tonight is with one of the countrys most well known politicians, Labour Mp Diane abbott. In an Exclusive Bbc Interview, she tells newsnight she felt that Keir Starmer treatEd Her as a Non Person In the aftermath of comments from a conservative donOr that Ms Abbott needed to be shot. Those remarks, by the way, she says actually made her feel In danger. And she estimates that through her WOrkIng Life as an mp, shes received Tens Of Thousands of Death
Exactly what this queens speech shows. Scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, sets out her plans for another independence referendum and warns Boris Johnson not to block the will of the scottish people. Calls on the ministry of defence to do more to tackle racism in the armed forces. Record temperatures in australia fuel unprecedented fires more than 100 fires are burning in New South Wales alone, the countrys most populous state. Its so easy to leave me. And meow get ready for the for some mean comments about the new film cats. It was just nine weeks ago that we had a queens speech. The difference this time is that borisjohnson now has a massive majority in parliament and the power to make things happen. The speech, written by the government, covered everything from hospital car parking to a review of foreign policy, all of it billed as an Ambitious Programme to deliver the peoples priorities. So what are they . Top of the list take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. Incr
We are in the wrong bodies myjoints feel like butter. I feel loose myself. Dwayne johnson and jack black are back in body swap sequel jumanji the next level. See what mark kermode thinks of that in the film review. After weeks of campaigning, voting is under way in the general election. This morning, the Party Leaders were out casting their ballots. Its the third election in less than five years, and the first to be held in december for nearly a century. The first results are expected before midnight. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright and a warning his report includes some flashing images. Voting began at seven oclock this morning. The prime minister, borisjohnson, had some canine company as he cast his ballot at this polling station in westminster. Have you all got your pictures, are you all right . Thank you. The labour leader, jeremy corbyn, posed for the cameras too after voting in his north london constituency. It was dawn in scotland when the liberal democrat leader, j
Americ a dramatic victory for Boris Johnson and his conservative party. The british Prime Minister scores the biggest majority for brexit done. The promiseo get here in westminster, Boris Johnson says he hopes his pasuys win will bring c healing begin. Te and let the mr. Nadler votes aye. In a historic vote in the u. S. , the Judiciary Committee nssses two articles of impeachment agait President Trump, setting the stage for a full house vote next week. Plus, College Athletes are not what they used to be. Esports is now big business with scholarships to match. That hasarents breathing a sigh of relief. Ou all that time wasted in bedroom is worth something. For those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. Tonight, we are following two major stories. Here in the u. S. , the itdiciary comme passed two articles ofpe imachment against President Trump, which sets the stage for a full house vote next week. Ta we in the u. K. , where election victory. Red a major t
Tremors and of course the risk of another eruption. People are voting across the country, in the first december general election since 1923. The disgraced Film Producer Harvey Weinstein agrees a settlement of possibly 25 million with dozens of women who accuse him of sexual assault. And, boxing clever the machine that can solve the problem of oversized packaging at the flick of a switch. And coming up on bbc news. Freddie ljungberg will take charge of his first european match, with arsenal all but through to the knockout stage. A former prisoner, who fought off the London Bridge attacker, has told bbc news he was prepared to die to protect others. John crilly used a fire extinguisher to tackle usman khan, even though he thought khan was wearing a suicide vest. Two people were killed in the attack two weeks ago, and three injured. John crilly has been speaking exclusively to our legal correspondent, clive coleman. John crilly, using a fire extinguisher to fight knife wielding attacker u